The suspects had the charges — conspiracy and attempted use of explosive material to damage physical property affecting interstate commerce — read to them in open court.

In all, about 50 members of the Occupy Cleveland group went into courthouse.

Last week the city of Cleveland said it would not renew Occupy’s downtown encampment permit. So in fairness to these 50 Occupiers, it’s possible they only showed up at the courthouse because they needed a place to crash for a while: